John Chevallier
John Chevallier, FRS (Great Casterton, 10 June 1730 - Cambridge, 14 March 1789) was an eighteenth-century academic, most notably Master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1775 until his death[1] and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1776 until 1777.[2]
He was born the son of Nathaniel Chevalier, a clergyman of Great Casterton, Rutland, and educated at Stamford School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded BA in 1750/51, MA in 1754, BD in 1762 and DD in 1777.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1754 for, according to his candidature citation, "his known Zeal for the Newtonian Philosophy, of which he was the first promoter in Lisbon".
Notes
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66654 A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3 (1959; Editor J. P. C. Roach)
- ^ "John Chevalier (CHVR747J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Fellows Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
